Thanks for the great resource!

Hi Paul,
Yes, I would say November is a good time. It’s on the brink of summer so it won’t be totally packed yet, but the weather will be pretty good.
As for a trip length estimate, that’s a good one. It depends on how you want to get from Sydney to Thredbo. You’d be best to have your own transportation, and Google maps tells me it’s a 5.5 hour drive from Sydney to Thredbo – an easy day trip. And even if you hike from the bottom to the top of Kozzy (instead of taking the chairlift 2/3 of the way), I believe you can do it in a day. So if you’re in a real rush, you can do the entire thing (Sydney-to-Sydney) in 3 days. But I would suggest taking a few days in the Thredbo area; and you might even want to look into camping in the area (if you’re of the camping ilk, which – as a mountaineer, I suspect you would be).
Hope this helps!

1. Is the first half of November a good time to hike up Mt. Kosciuszko?

2. How many days do you estimate from landing in Sydney, travel to Thredbo, hike the mountain, then travel back to Sydney?

Thanks

Hi Emanuel – I’m not the right person to answer these questions in an exact way. I believe in the dead of winter you can’t climb, and August is on the tail end of winter. As for how long it takes; I was hiking it in the summer and I seem to remember it taking just a few hours. But obviously in the snow it would take longer.
Sorry I can’t be of more help; I’m sure a few well-placed Google searches will answer your questions a little better. Have fun on your trip!

Hi Emanuel – As I recall you don’t need any special passes to hike there (just a chairlift ticket if you want to cut part of the agony out – ha ha!).
As for accommodation, I believe there’s a HI Hostel there which will be your cheapest. But searching in Thredbo will show you what’s out there. (I like hostelbookers for finding all kinds of accommodation because they have a map view which is handy).
Enjoy your trip!